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‘As pop-up toasters are covered under the Quality Control Order, 1981, they have to conform to the safety standards.’

‘The first pop-up toaster for the home, the Toastmaster, arrived on the scene in 1926.’

‘He clicked his fingers for a menu and fiddled with a mobile phone, then started playing with another piece of gadgetry that looked like a combination satellite dish, pop-up toaster and miniature microwave oven.’

1.2Computing (of a menu or other utility) able to be superimposed on the screen being worked on and suppressed rapidly.

‘The form must be created by a program, rather than written as a static document, because it displays pop-up menus of catalogs and items from the database tables.’

‘In the dialog box that appears after you choose Properties from the pop-up menu, you'll see a field called Target.’

‘On a mobile device, usability is key when there is so little time or functionality for fiddling with menus, pop-ups or mousing around.’

‘It has added pop-up, hierarchical content menus, a key feature of the menu, to its folders.’

‘A reminder, much like a pop-up, then prompts the doctor to advise the patient of the opportunity.’

‘Always remember to shut down the card using the pop-up in the Menu bar before you pull it out.’

‘I appreciated the tutorial aspect of the first mission: it gave little reminders of what needed to be done next without disrupting the game with too many pop-ups.’

‘Just in case you use sites that require pop-ups for security purposes, such as a banking site, you can configure the toolbar to react to specific addresses and let the pop-up through if necessary.’

3.1An unrequested browser window, especially one generated for the purpose of advertising.

‘Under new management, the company is dropping as far as possible graphical advertising, including pop-ups and so-called ‘skyscrapers’, which add clutter.’

‘Adware is software that displays advertisements like banners and pop-ups on your computer.’

‘With no advertising pop-ups or spyware, your computer and your privacy will be safe so long as you don't download any dodgy files.’

‘The pop-up advertising windows are a bit annoying though, and site navigation could be improved - it's a shame that there are no links from the artist pages into the catalogue.’

‘Spyware refers to a class of invasive program that generates pop-ups, hijacks user home pages or redirects searches in an attempt to either monitor user activity or bombard surfers with unwanted messages.’

‘There are even some providers who will offer free access if you are willing to surf the Internet with numerous pop-ups from their advertisers.’

4A pop-up shop or other business.

‘Some brands might not be ready to open a store and pop-ups offer a lot of flexibility.’

‘Years ago, you said, pop-ups were considered a place to test a new retail concept.’

‘Those last two shops are retail pop-ups, on short leases for the holidays.’